What learning games have you played? Can you categorize them by the theory of learning types: behaviorism, constructivism or social nature? If you played more than one which was the most effective? I remember play a lot of learing games in grade school. I am turning to remember them all but here’s some I remember: Space Cadet, Dance-mat typing, conjugamos, Kahoot, and Blooket. I know there were so many more but I just can’t rember them all. Most of these I would say were either constructivism or behaviorism. I found most of these game effective. I always liked to pay Blooket or Kahoot to review for test.
Is gamification bullshit, what is ian bogost’s argument and do you agree? Where have you encountered it outside of class and what was your experience? Yes, I would say that it is bullshit because I feel like the definition of a game can be very lose. I recently went to the casino, and some people would argue that the machines there are “games”. Now to me they aren’t games because I just press a button one time and the machine does the rest. Believe me I know that it is a me problem, just because I like to have control of the game and I am also waiting to be able to interact with the so called “game”. The “games” at the Casino have no sense of interaction betwen the user and the product other than pressing one button.
What is a serious game and why aren’t they chocolate covered broccoli? A serious game is one that teaches or wants to get a learning message across to the audience. They aren’t chocolate covered broccoli because that would be a topic or product that would require learning experience.